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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 111 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 76 0 Browse Search
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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 16 4 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 10 2 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 10 0 Browse Search
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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 11 (search)
This line was well manned, and the roar of musketry on it was sometimes scarcely distinguishable from the sound of a general engagement. It was not unfrequently the case that one, two, and even three lines of battle of the enemy were repulsed in an assault upon one of our skirmish-lines. The Federal cemetery at Marietta contains the graves of above ten thousand Federal soldiers who died south of the Etowah. About a thousand of them fell in General Hood's four actions, near Atlanta and Jonesboroa. Not more than two thousand could have died of disease; for hospitals for the sick were not near the army. As our loss north of the Etowah was about half of that south of that river, it is reasonable to suppose that there was nearly the same proportion among the Federals; or, ten thousand killed, while the Confederate army was under my command, and five times as many wounded. Five wounded to one killed being the usual proportion. This cemetery completely vindicates General Sherman's sol
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Consolidated Summaries in the armies of Tennessee and Mississippi during the campaign commencing May 7, 1864, at Dalton, Georgia, and ending after the engagement with the enemy at Jonesboroa and the evacuation at Atlanta, furnished for the information of General Joseph E. Johnston (search)
ies in the armies of Tennessee and Mississippi during the campaign commencing May 7, 1864, at Dalton, Georgia, and ending after the engagement with the enemy at Jonesboroa and the evacuation at Atlanta, furnished for the information of General Joseph E. Johnston Columbus, Georgia, April 3, 1866. Consolidated Summary of Ca,577 Wheeler's cavalry29156185 Engineer's22123 1,3417,5008,841 Consolidated Summary of Casualties in Army of Tennessee in Engagements around Atlanta and Jonesboroa from August 1 to September 1, 1864: Corps.Killed.Wounded.Total Hardee's1411,0181,159 Lee's2481,6311,879 Stewart's93574667 4823,2233,705 Consolidation of which two reports is as follows: Corps.Killed.Wounded.Total Around Atlanta, July 4 to July 31, 18641,3417,5008,841 Atlanta and Jonesboroa August 1 to September 1, 18644823,2233,705 1,82310,72312,546 I certify that the above reports are from the returns made to my office, and are in my opinion correct. (Signed) A